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prefer it to other field corn. Perhaps* the other field corn is 

 good enough, but this seems to take the preference with us." 



Mr. Hostetter: "A gentleman requests me to ask whether 

 ensilage will not freeze in this latitude so as to injure the feed; 

 and also to interfere with the convenience of feeding; also the 

 condition that it is in in regard to mixing it with the ground 

 feed." 



The President: "Do they have any frost down your way, 

 Mr. Sawyer?" 



Mr. Sawyer: "Just a little; went down to thirty one below. 

 I will say I have had a little trouble with ensilage freezing, but 

 very little indeed, and whenever I have found it frozen I put it 

 in a close box and mix it with the other feed and it comes out 

 all right. It will freeze only on the edges and that is where a 

 wooden silo is better than a concrete. In very cold weather, 

 right against the wall, it will freeze; but by putting it into a box 

 it will warm up in from twelve to twenty-four hours. In regard 

 to mixing other feed with it, you can't get anything better. It 

 has a moisture, and if you will throw it into a box and mix your 

 ground feed with it as you throw it in it will mix very easily. 

 It is damp enough so the ground feed will stick to it." 



Question — " We want to know the difference in feeding value 

 between an acre of ensilage and an acre of dry fodder after 

 counting up the expense of raising and putting in the silo and 

 everything." 



Mr. Boyd: "Will the gentleman tell how many tons of dry 

 fodder he has got on an acre ? " 



Answer — Well, say I have ten tons of dry fodder to the acre 

 and thirty tons of green." 



Mr. Boyd: "In my opinion there is no comparison between 

 the two at all, I would rather have the green fodder two to one." 



The Secretary: "There is the same relation between these 

 that an acre of grass has to an acre of hay." 



Mr. Chester: ''Testimony has been given here as to the 

 value of ensilage in producing milk, and according to that testi- 

 mony there is no question that for producing milk ensilage is a 



